What are the best petroleum engineering schools?

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<p>I would generally stay away from University of Houston unless out of: </p>

<p>Penn State
UT Austin
LSU
Texas A and M
University of Oklahoma
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Texas Tech </p>

<p>you only get into University of Houston. Once you get a job, it doesn’t matter which college you went to, but I think even though Houston claims to get its students as many internships as possible, the other colleges I mentioned above are better. Let me know if you have more questions. I get my information from former and current recruiters at one of the largest oil companies.</p>

<p>Here is their list from where Major oil companies recruit the most from this current year. This is for undergraduates. Stanford does have one but its rather small and most of its undergraduates move on to graduate school so recruiting isn’t as big at Stanford. </p>

<ol>
<li>UT Austin - best school for reservoir engineering</li>
<li>Texas A and M - the best school for loyal alumni network</li>
<li>LSU - the best school for drilling engineering </li>
<li>University of Oklahoma - Great program and it has advanced facilities</li>
<li>Texas Tech - This is the underrated school for years</li>
<li>Penn State - expansion in Marcellus Shale causes high recruitment </li>
<li>Colorado School of Mines - Great school academically but slowly falling behind </li>
<li>University of Tulsa - Small but nice school </li>
<li>University of Louisiana at Lafayette: You don’t hear about this but this is like the secret backdoor to getting hired by a major oil company because of its key location. </li>
<li>West Virginia University - same thing as Penn State
And others.</li>
</ol>

<p>If you are international, you really need to get into the top ones or else it will be even more difficult to get a job.</p>

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<p>A little about me 1st: (please pardon the grammar and such, typed this late and tired)</p>

<p>I am 28 years old and have worked in the Petro industry for for approx 5 years prior to returning to Academia.
I am a Texas resident and applied to the top ten programs in the nation and was accepted to all. I have a business degree fro UT. The summer before attending the Petro program I chose, I visited schools I had applied to and requested to interview 3 professors per school. After extensive research I decided to visit the 6 schools that I did based on rank by industry people ( not internet national ranks), job placement rate, personal attention by professor’s, history of program, recruitment and location. </p>

<p>most impressive point:</p>

<p>UT-history and program specifics. they focus a lot on research though. if you are only PE for job and $$ then this school is not it. </p>

<p>TAMU-network. network. network----no school has the alumni support that TAMU has. this is great for finding a job upon graduation if you are savvy with it.</p>

<p>MINES-size and professor’s personal attn. the fact that they are ranked with 2 of the largest schools in the nation. keep in mind politics are huge in the country. they are nowhere close to receiving the money that UT and TAMU receive yet they are ranked 3rd only behind them.</p>

<p>LSU-school pride. sorry wasn’t impresses and my brother graduated from there so I was disappointed.</p>

<p>PENN ST.–professor personal attn was awesome. dean of school personally told me that the program is in a rebuilding phase and would not recommend it to an older student like myself. he is a former UT professor with 35 yrs industry + teaching + research creds.</p>

<p>OK Tulsa–small, tidy program and attentive to detail in their recruiting process. not much more to say because i was not partial about living there so i had a slight negative perspective before arriving to campus.</p>

<p>All great programs and ABET accredited which certainly DOES matter. Going to any of the top 5 programs gives you a SLIGHT edge on the rest of the crowd. Of course many personal factors have to be weighed. Budget is probably the biggest one. </p>

<p>Best advice I can give is visit each school with plenty of time before deciding which to attend. visit fin aid, admissions, dept. of choice. interview staff and professors and students. be diligent in research and don’t pick your school based on others opinion but rather your assessment after meditating on the experiences you had at each campus. I understand the visiting cost money but its an INVESTMENT. I drove thousands of miles, literally cross country, from Austin to OK to Golden to Pennsylvania to LA and back to TX. IT WAS WORTH IT.</p>

<p>Ultimately I chose MINES because of their job placement rate and the interview I had with the Dean was real, informative and real. She was curt, honest, polite, real, and made me own my decision. I sometimes think I should have attended TAMU but then I remember that size was vitally important to me. When I attended UT I was able to sit in a professor’s office only a handful of times in 5 yrs. At mines I sit with a professor at least every other day and pick there brains. I am a longhorn for life and plan on returning for an MBA in Energy Finance.</p>

<p>HOPE THIS HELPS. KEEP IN MIND THAT I AM NOT A TRADITIONAL STUDENT, age-wise.</p>

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<p>What do you guys think about the ME degree from USC that concentrates on Petroleum engineering?
How would my job prospects be like with such a degree?</p>

<p>I dont mind staying in CA but id love to move to Texas </p>

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<p>I applied for the USC ME degree (with concentration in petroleum engineering) for this fall 2014. I tried doing much research on it to no avail. I do not know if they even have internships but for 60k a year idk if its nearly worth it compared to some of the alternatives. Anyone who can answer @RoysGoin2College 's question that would be great</p>

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<p>I applied to USC for fall 2014 too! I am a transfer student & i’d start taking my core engineering classes as soon as I start.
I got into Cal Poly SLO so far & although they don’t offer a petroleum engineering degree or have a concentration in petroleum engineering, they do have 4 petro-related classes that I could take as electives under the general concentration.</p>

<p>As far as I know, USC & Cal Poly are the only schools in CA that offer undergraduate petroleum engineering courses</p>

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<p>Petroleum Engineers are the people who responsible for extraction, refinement and discovery of the oil and gas resources. If you want to become a petroleum engineer, Firstly you should collect relevant information to confirm your decision making. So there are so many colleges that offer and engineering curriculum, and you will surely find this hard to select the right school that best suits your individual goals. It is absolutely important to find a accredited university that can deliver quality education along with employment prospects. A student will learn about the complicated art of finding and producing hydrocarbons in the form of crude oil and natural gas. The core purpose of best petroleum engineering schools is to educates students to tackle high end and complex subject that require years of mastery. - <a href=“http://www.toppetroleumengineeringschools.org/petroleum-engineering-schools-and-colleges/”>http://www.toppetroleumengineeringschools.org/petroleum-engineering-schools-and-colleges/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;